Chapter Nineteenth: The Gourd and the Calabaza

  The giant ape flattened its mouth and continued: "Third thing: One day, Liang Yier will send his family into the mountains, and the Tianyuan clan must protect them well." Then, it shook its head again: "Unfortunately, Liang Yier never sent his family here in the end."

  The monkey's expression of regret, sadness and unwillingness seemed fake no matter how you looked at it, but the gleam of delight in his yellow eyes appeared surprisingly genuine.

  His expression changed in an instant, and he suddenly became more generous: "However, today the heavens have brought a descendant of Liang Yier into the mountains, and Tianyuan finally has the opportunity to fulfill his 300-year-old vow."

  Qing Shi and Liu exchanged a glance, both of them hesitating. Liang Xin's identity was special, their experiences in the Suffering Mountain were suspicious, and they had also provoked a powerful enemy, making their future path even more treacherous. The Tianyuan people were numerous and had extensive powers, seeming even more formidable than Zhu Wu. If they left Liang Xin on the mountain to be taken care of by them, it wouldn't be a bad choice.

  Liáng Xīn didn't think of this and directly asked the giant ape: "Do you know Old Uncle... Fēng Xǐxǐ?"

  The giant apes nodded, they had originally promised to guard the town, although they eventually neglected their duties, but still set up a law that as long as someone broke in, the heavenly apes could immediately detect it even hundreds of miles away from their old nest.

  As soon as Liang Xin and others entered the mansion, the giant ape knew that someone had arrived, and led his subordinates to set off. However, being mischievous by nature, he also learned through the symbol array feedback that the ones entering the mansion were ordinary people, so it was just a symbolic visit, but in his heart, he didn't take it seriously. Along the way, they played and had fun, running for a whole day before arriving.

  He was worried about Liang Xin in his heart, although he didn't dare to get too close, but he never wanted to leave far away. He guarded near the big mountain and soon heard the news that something happened at the Ku Nai Mountain mine. The little ghost rushed frantically in the big mountain, wanting to find out what had happened to Liang Xin.

  After several days of searching in vain, under the urgent and anxious situation, at dawn today, I was already disheartened and forgot to avoid the scorching sun, being severely burned by the sunlight, and fell down in the mountain, gasping for breath. Just as my soul was about to leave my body, a troop of monkeys happened to pass by.

  The leading giant ape, over 300 years ago, had seen Liang Yier and also saw Feng Xixi who was serving by Liang Yier's side at that time. Although many years have passed, he still recognized him through the golden markings on Xiaogui's face and immediately cast a spell to rescue him, managing to save Xiaogui's life.

  Feng XiXi vaguely remembered Tian Yuan and asked for their help in finding Liang Xin. Unexpectedly, they met again in the yamen, and this time the joy and sorrow were beyond words.

  Liang Xin was concerned about Feng Xi's injuries, but before he could speak, the giant ape shook its head proudly: "Although his injuries are severe, I have already protected his soul with magic and he won't die. This little ghost's cultivation is poor, let's wait for his injuries to fully recover, then I'll send him to the depths of the mountain to cultivate for a while."

  Liáng Xīn was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. Although he didn't know what a "yin eye" was, he could understand that it would be very beneficial for Feng Xi to practice it.

  The giant ape waved its hand and recited a sentence in a poetic tone: "The feelings of old friends are still there, what's the point of worrying about trivial matters!"

  These days, the mischievous nature of the goblins is revealed, but in front of outsiders, they must pretend to be dignified and put on a show of being a noble person. Liang Xin has also gotten used to it and thanked him a few more times before asking: "Then do you... know my ancestor?"

  "Giant Ape's eyes widened: 'That's natural! Back then, it was my dad and Liang Yier who made a vow by slapping their palms together to join the Jiu Long Si, and those nine Tianyuan are my nine elder brothers.'"

  Qu Qing Shi, who had never spoken up until now, finally stood up and bowed to the giant ape: "Junior Qu Qing Shi, greetings senior. May I ask how should I address you?"

  The giant ape calmly accepted the gift, his face full of the expressions of his seniors, and replied indifferently: "My name is Gourd."

  Qū qīng shí měng le, bù zhī dào jù yuān jiū jìng shì jiào hú lu, hái shì jiào shàng hú xià lu...

  Tianyuan obtained Tianqu, from birth to being a goblin with Taoist practice, in Kunai Mountain is one of the top ferocious tribes, this giant ape is over 300 years old, named Hulu.

  At that time, Liang Yier and Tianyuan formed an alliance, Hulu was still in his youth. More than 300 years later, he succeeded his father's industry and became the chief of Tianyuan.

  Qu Qing didn't dare to shout randomly and continued to address him as "senior": "Excuse me, senior, do you know the origin of the Mountain Moving Institute, and also the past events of Mr. Liang?"

  The gourd pouted, its lower lip stretched out long, and at that time they and Liang Yier were only in a relationship of kindness and repayment. Moreover, after three hundred years, the gourd was also unaware of those things.

  However, one thing is certain: Liang Yier possesses the power to shake heaven and earth; otherwise, it would be impossible for her to rescue the Tianyuan tribe from the hands of a powerful enemy.

  Qu Qing's face fell, and she couldn't hide her disappointment.

  The gourd felt that it didn't know anything, and was very unhappy, waving its paws to change the subject, looking at Liang Xin: "What treasure did your ancestors hide here?"

  Liang Xin didn't understand why Hu Lu asked this, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly became overjoyed, pointing at the place where Si Su was and shouting loudly: "There's treasure here!"

  Liu Yihe and Qu Qingshi laughed at the same time: "Finally thought of it!"

  Liang Yier's second task for Tianyuan was to guard the Si Su, but if there was nothing important in the Si Su, why bother guarding it.

  The gourd was startled by Liang Xin and stared with his round eyes: "Of course there is a treasure, what kind of treasure?"

  Liáng Xīn didn't know what treasure it was, if not for the wind blowing four years ago and finding him at his doorstep, he would still be unaware of who his ancestors were. He shook his head and laughed: "Let's take a look!"

  The moment the words fell, the giant ape gourd suddenly burst out laughing: "This is what you said, no backing down!"

  For over three hundred years, the gourd has been pondering what treasure Liang Yier had hidden in the warehouse. Tianyuan is loyal and keeps his promises, it's okay to sneak out some bows and arrows to play, but he won't dig up the treasure in the warehouse, now that there are descendants of the Liang family who agree, he is overjoyed.

  The gourd didn't wait for Liang Xin to say anything else, and let out a long whistle towards the sky. The heavenly apes who were frolicking and shouting outside the forest instantly fell silent, then leapt back to their leader's side like the wind. In front of Liang Xin and the others, each of the big apes again had serious expressions on their faces, not saying a word, and were extremely solemn in their movements and postures.

  Liu also looked at the gourd with great enthusiasm and asked a sentence that was somewhat uneasy: "The things left by Lord Liang, of course, belong to Liang Xin."

  "This is natural! If we wanted to monopolize, did we still need to wait until now? Did we still need to wait for Liang Xin's nod?" After finishing speaking, he added a sentence with a hint of disdain: "The heart of a petty person!"

  Liu Yi didn't think much of it either, and with a snicker, he turned his head and ran into the study to search for treasure.

  The gourd hastened to give an order, and more than a hundred monkeys walked into the court with dignified demeanor, elegantly moving tables and chairs, looking like elegant noblewomen.

  "Stop pretending, turn it over for me!"

  With a loud crash, the noblewomen immediately turned into fierce looters, their figures darting back and forth as they smashed signboards, kicked apart tables and chairs, and overturned the large stone slabs on the ground...

  Then, a mournful cry came, and Zhu Wu, who was locked in the prison cell on the verge of death, was casually pinched to death by a passing Tianyuan.

  Liáng Xīn also ran in and followed blindly, but soon returned in a more disheveled state. The temple was hiding many hidden crossbows, which would shoot out from time to time as it was being destroyed. The apes were heavenly creatures who weren't afraid of these mechanisms, but Liáng Xīn couldn't take it and didn't dare stay in the dangerous place any longer.

  The gourd was still trying to maintain its dignity, although it was full of envy, but it still endured and didn't go with the subordinates to rob the house. It pulled Qing Shi and Liang Xin, asking them about their experience on Ku Nai Mountain.

  Liang Xin spoke fluently, sometimes frowning and sometimes bursting into laughter, recounting the events one by one. Qu Qing occasionally added a sentence or two to supplement her account in a calm tone.

  The gourd listened more and more, moved, in Liang Xin's hand dance and foot tap, said to himself as a medium, led the jade stone double evil fight, finally the jade stone was burned, but he was safe and sound. At this time, the gourd could no longer bear it, stretched out his hand to grasp his pulse, and said in a deep voice: "Don't move, wait for me to check!"

  Liang Xinzh felt a chill at the pulse gate, and a fiery force invaded his body, slowly wandering along his blood vessels...

  Qu Qing Shi understood what the calabaza was doing and said in a low voice, "Lao San's experience this time should be a great opportunity for him. The power of jade and stone will use his body as a medium, and after they struggle and flow back and forth, some of it will inevitably remain in his body. However, we tried before, and the child's strength hasn't increased at all."

  The gourd shook its big head, sneered coldly: "You think the Jade Stone Double Kill is too simple!" As it spoke, it withdrew the strand of probing yuan energy back into its body and began to lower its head in contemplation.

  After about an incense stick's worth of time, in Liang Xin's anxious anticipation, the gourd finally lifted its head and said: "Yu Bi, Shi Mai, these two earth-traveling spirits haven't died yet!"

  Qu Qing Shi and Liang Xin exclaimed in unison, their eyes wide with shock, unsure of where to begin questioning.

  "The two monsters fought each other, both were seriously injured and their bodies were destroyed but their spirits remained. Their yuan shen (original spirit) still exists, only now it's extremely weak and under the protection of the last bit of benyuan (original source) power, they have fallen into a deep sleep."

  Qu Qing Shi seemed to have thought of something and asked in a shocked tone: "Then where are the primordial spirits of these two monsters now?"

  The gourd smiled: "Yu Sheng and Liang Xin made the battlefield, until the end of Yuanshen also took the source power into his body to fight..."

  Liang Xin's heart sank, and she subconsciously covered her stomach with both hands, her mouth agape, a dull thud echoing in her throat. At this moment, the only two words that flashed through her mind were: Pregnant?

  The gourd burst out laughing and picked up a peach to throw at Liang Xin: "This kid has no vision, don't worry about it!"

  Two monsters now have no body, only the dormant yuan Shen and a copy of the auxiliary yuan Shen's Benyuan Fa Li, hidden in Liang Xin's body. Without several hundred years, these two yuan Shens will not be able to wake up, let alone control Liang Xin.

  It can be said that the Jade Stone Double Kill indeed left a portion of their magical power within Liang Xin's body, but this magical power was their original source power, tightly protected around the yuan Shen and unable to be stripped away. Liang Xin fundamentally could not feel it, even more so could not use it.

  The gourd roughly explained a few sentences, and finally said: "Those two yuan gods and auxiliary yuan gods' original law power, although in your body, but they have nothing to do with you, neither will affect you nor can be used by you. After all, you are still an ordinary person, if you get sick you will die, if you are seriously injured you will die, even if you don't get sick or encounter disasters, after a hundred years of life, you will still die!"

  Qing Shi still had some doubts, or rather, was unwilling to accept it, and asked on behalf of Liang Xin: "The yuan su of Jade and Stone are now parasitic in Lao San's body. If Lao San dies, won't they also be finished? In that case, shouldn't they want to preserve Lao San's life?"

  The gourd shook its head, disdainfully saying: "Liáng Xīn isn't their furnace tripod, the two primordial spirits just happened to meet and fell asleep in his body. Even if Liáng Xīn's body withered into dry bones, they would still be sleeping in their coffins, it has nothing to do with him!"

  Liang Xin nodded and understood the meaning of Hu Lu, then asked: "That... can't we use magic to drive out the two primordial spirits? It's always so strange."

  The gourd shook its head again: "Doing so would easily hurt you, rest assured, you will live your good life and absolutely not have any connection with the original spirit of Jade Stone!"

  At this time, the heavenly monkeys who were copying houses in the temple suddenly made a noise. A big monkey held an ancient fragrant jade box and ran quickly to the front of the gourd.

  Lao Da Liu also rushed up from behind, scolding loudly: "You shameless monkey, it was clearly me who found the box, but you snatched it away to take credit..."

  The gourd took over the jade box, and finally couldn't bear its anxious nature. At that moment, it removed the lid, only to see a letter quietly lying inside the jade box. Liang Xin knew it was a matter of great importance, hastily taking out the letter and reading aloud: "I want... recommendation votes!"

  Hahaha... The above paragraph is irrelevant to the main content...